Asahi Shimbun reports (machine translation): The social medical corporation “Seichoukai” (Naka Ward, Sakai City), which operates general hospitals in Osaka Prefecture, announced on the 7th that it had been damaged by a cyber attack caused by ransomware. School lunch delivery services that deliver meals to affiliated hospitals are said to be affected. This school lunch…
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AU: Hacked state government contractor says stolen data yet to be posted online
Ashleigh McMillan reports: A technology company working for the Victorian government says none of the data stolen by hackers on Thursday has been released online so far. PNORS Technology Group works with six state agencies, including the Education and Training Department, and stores sensitive personal information about families with children in primary schools, such as…
Vendor Hack Tied to 20 Anesthesiology Practice Breaches
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A hacking incident at a New York-based administrative services firm has resulted in a growing list of anesthesiology practices reporting breaches that so far have affected the personal information of about 430,000 people. Somnia Inc., in Harrison, New York, is a physician-owned anesthesia management services firm that also appears to have…
UK: NHS cyber attack hits patient care with records left in ‘chaos’ three months on
Connie Dimsdale reports: Patient care is still being undermined at NHS mental health trusts and social care providers that were hit by a major cyber attack in August, doctors have warned. Three months after the major attack wiped out NHS systems, patients’ records are missing, safety has been compromised, and medication doses are at risk of being…
Cyberattack Disrupts Trains in Denmark
Eduard Kovacs reports: According to Danish broadcaster DR, all trains operated by DSB, the largest train operating company in the country, came to a standstill on Saturday morning and could not resume their journey for several hours. While this may sound like the work of a sophisticated threat actor that targeted operational technology (OT) systems in…
Vodafone Italy discloses data breach after reseller hacked
Bill Toulas reports: Vodafone Italia is sending customers notices of a data breach, informing that one of its commercial partners, FourB S.p.A., who operates as a reseller of the telecommunications services in the country, has suffered a cyberattack. According to the notice, the cyberattack took place in the first week of September and resulted in the compromise of…